Cristina Mendonsa was one of the News10 anchors that came to UC Davis Children's Hospital as part of the telethon.

The modified telethon was the first of its kind for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® and for News10. For the entire day during regular programming, News10 featured unique, local stories of Sacramento area children who had been treated at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.

Viewers called in their donations to the toll-free number, 877-719-KIDS (5437) and News10 also promoted the telethon to its more than 200,000 social media followers on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #Give4Kids.

Like all Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® fundraisers, funds raised stay local, meaning all funds donated to the telethon will be given to UC Davis Children’s Hospital and stay right here in the Sacramento community.

"Friday was a day for miracles. The commitment of the News10/Gannett organization to help share our story with the Sacramento region was incredible. It was wonderful to see the Sacramento community come together to make a difference for the children here at UC Davis Children's Hospital," said Jacquelyn Kay-Mills, director of UC Davis Children's Miracle Network.

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and health-care services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity's Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit's mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children's hospitals need community support, identify your member hospital and learn how you can "put your money where the miracles are," at CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals.

UC Davis Children's Hospital is the Sacramento region's only nationally ranked, comprehensive hospital for children, serving infants, children, adolescents and young adults with primary, subspecialty and critical care. It includes the Central Valley's only pediatric emergency department and Level I pediatric trauma center, which offers the highest level of care for critically ill children. The 129-bed children's hospital includes the state-of-the-art 49-bed neonatal and 24-bed pediatric intensive care and pediatric cardiac intensive care units. With more than 120 physicians in 33 subspecialties, UC Davis Children's Hospital has more than 74,000 clinic and hospital visits and 13,000 emergency department visits each year. For more information, visit children.ucdavis.edu.